Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-22

e4au uOt uaNo ocAua3iJ oo0UeuCo1 ana
been In prsaFess within four years. tue
corporation snail Be deemed 10 have ex-
pired BY limitation.
Miller. Conger and Ransom we're ap
pointed aonfsFTees on the River and
HaFbor Appropriation bill.
The Senate then took Up the District
Of Colombia Appropriation bill. sent
into secret session and soon adjourned.
The aouse.
Randall presented q memorial Of the
Rhode Island Peace Association pro
testing against expenditures for SeEselS
and foFtihcations and esking for wise
craftsmanship which will submit the
grave questions Of disputes between na-
tions 70 the arbitrament Of reason and
International Iaw. Referred.
Henderson, OF North Carolina, from
the Committee on Electiens, submitted
airport Of the Indiana contested elec-
tion cause. Kidd W. Steele, and ID was
laid over until Thursday. The report.
which is unanimous, confirms the right
Of the contestee. Steele, 10 seal.
Cobb, Of Indiana, then called MP the
conference report, q report of disagree
ment on the bill repsalinQ the pre- emp
ton, timber ealtufe and desert land
laws
Stone. Of Missouri, said that the rapid
augmentation Of the population Of tie
country, the rapid decrease Of the area
Of public lands and the growing de-
mand for hones, had led the committee
20 report q measure 70 the House pro-
vidinR for the repeal Of the pre- emption,
timber culture and desert land laws.
| Under the existing laws q single person
eoald enter 160 acres aader the home
stead, l60 acres under the pre-empfio1.
/ 100 acres under the timber culture and
60 acres under the desert land law.
making Q total Of l520 acres. tn CON
mittee had considered Il wiser and more
humane that the land should be dis,
tribuled IN smaller quantities 10 9
gFeatsF Number Of peopie. An outrage
ous and soasdalous abuse had grown
| % under the existing Laws. which had
beea taken advantage Of oy cormerRnts
and land sharks IN order 10 secure mil
lions Of acres Of public land. These
abuses the committee had soaeht 70
correct. The bill had gone 10 the San
ate, which bad adopted . substitute for
it practically agreeing 10 all The
House had asked, but ik had
gone further and inserted several
prsviaions 20 which the House con
| fsEreea could not agree. One Of these
provisions would rasaik In confirming
nine-tenths sf eli the fraudulent entries
amoansine 10 millions Of ecrss. The
Senate eonferrses, ho1sveF. had agreed
that this proposition Should be elm
| inatsd- 1he seventh section Of TIE
senate substitute alleUs the entry Of
80 acrsa ef mo1ntainoas land uEdsr
tne homestead law. Ihoaeh the House
oonfeKrees regards this provision as H.
/ advised and establiahina neu elassfdca-
ton Of public lands. they had yieidsd
this point. AnotheF provision OF the
substitute made s1b;sat 20 private en-
/ try al pablio lands heretofore for sale
| aud remaining uneold. This proposi-
| ton had not been thoroughly dEso1sesd
/ in the conferences. bus ii was probable
/ ehaf a aQreameua mloht Be reached
upcn Il, bad u not beea for an irrecon-
| cable dffeeanos Of optnion among tie
couferress e. 10 the eiehth section of
/ che gnhstifuas, that after fnai pFoof by
the claimant. and the issuing OF dupla
cate recsivxFsa reoeip1, Il is shall be
pfovsa 20 the satisfaction Of The Com
missioner that fEand has en4afsd into
the title. unless it shall appeaF that land
had been soid or converted to z
koaa ffs purchaser fer q vaiaabls eon,
sidssasioa, the Cemmissioaer shaIi sss-
pend the using of the pateni for TIE
same, and Gle with the Attorney Gen.
arai eoumencemsut of proeeedlnes C
sea aside sach titie II. 10 his iudamaut
proceedinRs csn be maintained. Tan.
action is regarded a. inimieaI 10 ever
idea of ssund legislation, Of sonni
) morals and honesty.
PRVson.sf niinoiz said thai polisieaIl,
be never Azd any sympafhy With ths
man uho occapisd she poaitioa Of Con
missionef % TIE General Land Oalse
He did rot stand hers as Mr.. Eparks
aefsndsr poiitiraliy, has be aid knou
thas tie Conmissioner had heeu "a
daavcrina 10 do his eaty as an exenn
| sive cfncsT. His attention had neye.
baen called % any set ef tAe Oommis
sionsF's AdminisaFAsicn of hia efEies tia
be at1rSbufed 10 ssnttneus Other thaz
thas dsaianAted. Rsplyina 20 ths %
lection that ths bill woaid be in khs in
teFesf of eAtIis eompAnies. and the as
seFfion ma6s IN the SAnale thai spseia
nnsnas aexer sszMzlssd the titls q @.
, cattle syHdicAts. be rad from he Fecors
ef the Land OfRoe % shss tn&a resenaa,
iESa antgisa. Ssn,E20 acres eizimsd b
cattle eompAniss had hsen eanoelis6 i
q ssutien ot tie eu1Hsxy whieh egnll
b ousxrsd bY nna's hand 60 "A ardin
ary rnap Of ihe unissd States Fsfexszn.
% ska abuses whtsh exzs1ed nndHF thi
axiRfng lac. be said thn2 ona eAa1l
cnmpaMy. tAe bad of ~hish was Ia -
e4iiaxy nste&1n8 Do him, ewasd an
. oum1rotlsd an sxfa1t ct tsKrsfssy Of u
ara larger than ihe wAois esass .